Not sure I agree with the tone of the article, but I do find that Javascript developers have a weird relationship with "functional programming". I see so much convoluted code with arr.reduce() or many chained arr.map().filter().filter().map(), that would just be so much simpler and easier to read if it was a classic for-loop. I suggest this to people and they scoff at the thought of using a for-loop in Javascript.
> Consider the humble modal dialog. The web has <dialog>, a native element with built-in functionality. [...] Now observe what gets taught in tutorials, bootcamps, and popular React courses: build a modal with <div> elements
The dialog element is new! Only broadly supported since 2022. I find it hard to fault existing material not using it. Things like dialog, or a better select, are notable because they were lacking for so long.
> Consider the humble modal dialog. The web has <dialog>, a native element with built-in functionality. [...] Now observe what gets taught in tutorials, bootcamps, and popular React courses: build a modal with <div> elements
The dialog element is new! Only broadly supported since 2022. I find it hard to fault existing material not using it. Things like dialog, or a better select, are notable because they were lacking for so long.